How much do Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks make in Farmington, NM?

Percentile spread

For Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $34,930 and the 90th percentile is $63,710. The difference is $28,780, which is 62.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,730 to the 75th at $56,800, covers $18,070.

The mean annual wage is $48,450, which sits above the median of $46,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Farmington, NM median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $50,670 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,459, which is 3.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% lower than the New Mexico median of $48,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Farmington, NM is 87.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks at $52,459 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Farmington, NM ranks 5th of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albuquerque, NM is 142 miles away, with a median of $49,660 and employment of 3,440. That median is 7.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,975, against $52,459 here.
• Santa Fe, NM is 149 miles away, with a median of $50,890 and employment of 560. That median is 10.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,525, against $52,459 here.
• Grand Junction, CO is 173 miles away, with a median of $47,800 and employment of 610. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,065, against $52,459 here.

Employment share

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Farmington, NM (560 of 47,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.88% of employment (1,373,680 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.